GREEN BAY, Wis. -- No need for ice and wind and record low temperatures. Even in relatively balmy conditions for Green Bay, and with a somewhat stationary All-Pro quarterback, the Packers survived against the Dallas Cowboys.

The Saskatchewan actor who plays the lead role in an upcoming musical comedy about Toronto's embattled mayor says some people think he is the "real" Rob Ford.
Sheldon Bergstrom was chosen last month from nearly 100 hopefuls for "Rob Ford the Musical: Birth of A Ford Nation."

OBIT: Elaine Stritch (1925-2014)
Elaine Stritch, a versatile performer The New York Times called “the brassy, tart-tongued Broadway actress and singer who became a living emblem of show business durability,” died on Thursday morning.

TORONTO — Rob Ford impersonators, this is your time to shine.
An open casting call for the upcoming "Rob Ford The Musical: The Birth of a Ford Nation" will be held at Toronto's Second City Training Center next Monday.

Meryl Streep sings Stephen Sondheim! Christian Bale plays Moses! The Hunger Games is finally full!
As the current movie year comes to a close, 2014 offers a tantalizing banquet of delicious possibilities: new movies by Christopher Nolan and David Fincher, a chance to see the much-lauded Spike Jonze film Her, and so much more.